Another day, another leak here at the Underground Bunker from an active member of the Church of Scientology. This one, in fact, is a current staffer.
That’s all we can tell you, but our source wanted everyone to see the list of instructions sent to Scientologists for the big May 28 opening of the new Scientology Media Productions facility.
In 2011, the church purchased the old KCET television studios at 4401 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and they’ve been fundraising and renovating since then to create a new set of state-of-the art television and radio studios there. Scientology already has a set of expensive studios at its International Base near Hemet, California, about 90 miles away. But ever since Int Base was also revealed to house a bizarre office-prison known as “The Hole,” Scientology leader David Miscavige has been reducing the population in Hemet and lessening the compound’s importance. Now, he’ll have TV studios only 3.4 miles from his office at Author Services Inc. on Hollywood Boulevard.
“It seems as though this will be a complete logistical nightmare,” says our source. Well, judge for yourself. And if you plan on attending, please send us some photos! And always be polite and don’t argue with police or pushy Scientology security guards.
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Less than a month to go, and we’re totally not panicking
Hey, we’re less than a month away now from this meetup that we named after Captain Howdy, a beloved Bunker commenter who would ridicule us all for the idea of getting together.
HowdyCon came about when your proprietor one day was asked by a commenter why we were visiting so many cities last year for our book tour. To figure out which city would be best for hosting a convention, we quipped. That utterance took on a life of its own, and soon our commenters held their own vote, choosing Cleveland as the site for our meetup.
On June 17, we’re hoping to see a few of you there in what should be a fun weekend of finding out what the hell you all look like in real life.
And what excitement we’re already experiencing. Here we are, only 29 days out, and our cruise director, citing health problems, has left the ship. Thankfully, we weren’t planning a lot of formal activities for this meetup, so we should survive. But the Saturday night dinner and talk we were hoping to set up is now in some limbo.
Does anyone out there know a Cleveland macher who has a club or a tavern or even just a really big house who would be willing to host some 40 or 50 totally not sketchy Internet people for a few hours on June 18? Please let us know.
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Chris Shelton on Scientology and PTSD
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Posted by Tony Ortega on May 19, 2016 at 07:00
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